Sunday, January 06, 2008

60 Minutes

Clemens argues that if he was using all these steroids, (paraphrasing) "Who I am getting them from? Why aren't they coming forward?" Uh, maybe because people who make a living selling illegal substances prefer not to announce that to the whole world?

Clemens said he couldn't have taken steroids because if he did "I'd have a 3rd ear out of my forehead, I should be pulling tractors with my teeth."

McNamee probably does not have a pot to piss in, so settling isno good. Unless a settlement would be an admission that he lied, which of course would mean he goes to jail.

And burden of proof is going to be tough. Clemens has admitted that McNamee injected him (after putting his website that he had not been injected.) Plus, McNamee was talking to Mitchell and it was Mitchell (and MLB) that made the info public. Although I guess that is a weaker argument.

I love Earl's point that a drug dealer is not going to speak up about his business and who his clients are.

I did watch the interview again and, I think, Clemens had had his fingers crossed when he said "I swear."

Clemens admitted openly that he took all sorts of other drugs and painkillers to play the game, so why not something else that is supposed to speed up recovery time (like HGH)??? That argument made no sense to me...

Secondly, talking about how taking steroids would SHORTEN his career also makes no sense. Talk to Palmiero and Bonds about that one.